By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of SuperTV CEO, Micheal Ataga has been crowned as Miss Cell 2022. The suspect whose trial is still ongoing won the beauty pageant held at Kirikiri correctional facility to mark the 2022 International Women’s Day....
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and leading pay television service provider, MultiChoice Nigeria, have agreed to an amicable resolution of their pending tax disputes which led to a series of lawsuits. Both parties announced the agreement in a joint press release issued on...
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has ruled out vying for any post in the forthcoming general but said only President Muhammadu Buhari can make him rescind the decision. He said this on Wednesday in reaction to speculations that he will be the running mate to the former...
The daughter of former Iya Oloja of Ibadanland, late Alhaja Aminat Abiodun, was on Wednesday shot dead by gunmen at her house in Bashorun area of the city. Fatimah was said to have been shot on the head by the gunmen that stormed her residence in Bashorun area, Bodija,...
The convoy of the Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari; Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola; and his counterpart in Labour and Employment, Christ Ngige, crashed during the inspection of a bridge in Asaba, Delta State. Four policemen were feared dead in the accident that occurred Tuesday evening....
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, on Wednesday in Abuja updated the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the availability of 1.9 billion litres of petrol. He said the quantity was enough to last the country for 32 days. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr Mele...
The Senate has confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s five nominees for appointment as Commissioners of the Independent Corruption Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The confirmation followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes at plenary on Wednesday. Those confirmed include:...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has distributed food and non food items to residents and Internally Displaced Persons in Dikwa Town and surrounding villages in Dikwa LGA of the state. The governor also urged the IDPs to continue to be resilient and pray for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF has donated essential medicines worth US$438,972 to the governments of Yobe and Borno States, as part of efforts to improve maternal, neonatal and child survival and health outcomes in conflict-affected communities in north-east Nigeria. UNICEF also said it would support the implementation of...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Dr. Giadom Ferdinand Dumbari as the Project Coordinator (PC) for Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project under the Federal Ministry of Environment. A statement by the Director of Press in the Ministry, Saghir El-Mohammed, on Wednesday, said the...
Senate on Wednesday rejected a bill to amend the Electoral Act 2022. This comes after the bill failed to pass second reading at the Senate, weeks after President Muhammadu Buhari signed it into law. Buhari had written to the upper and lower legislative chambers seeking amendment to Section...
The Senate has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow registered and eligible prison inmates to vote during all general elections in the country. The Upper Chamber discussed this during plenary on Tuesday when it considered a motion on The prerogative of Prison Inmates to vote in...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Cross River State Chapter has called for collective efforts in ensuring that gender equality is achieved in the country despite challenges faced in the quest for their voices to be heard. The NAWOJ State Chairperson, Comrade Umo Basi-Edet...
A Deputy Inspector General and the head of the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Joseph Egbunike is dead. Egbunike collapsed inside his office in Abuja in the late hours of Tuesday, 8th of March. Until his death, Egbunike was in charge of the highest investigating arm of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the unacceptable reaction of Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi to the Judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja which ordered him and his deputy, Mr. Eric Kelechi Igwe to vacate their offices on grounds of their defection...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki- The Ebonyi Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has rejected the judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, removing Governkr David Umahi and his deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe, from office over defection from the PDP to the APC. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Governor Umahi...
Pro-democracy campaigner and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore sits with Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude and founder of Joy, Inc. to discuss what his activism has caused him, his experiences with loss, and his decision to keep at his fight for Nigeria despite all the circumstances around him. Sharing...
BY JOY ADARA, Abuja – Women and girls, especially in rural communities, continue to face the brunt of the climate crisis that exacerbates pre-existing inequalities, jeopardizes their food security and feeds instability and migration, warns the United Nations World Food Programme on International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day 2022 focuses...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) setting out areas of collaboration in weather forecasting and climate research. Director General NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh and his counterpart from NiMet, Prof...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it was yet to be served the certified True Copy of the Federal High Court that sacked Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State and his Deputy, Chief Kelechi Igwe. Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and...